of Taika & the monkeys
(—fragment of-from dream).
hillside.
(thick grass (greenlush) (—o'ergrown). … ).
( … —down. (slope).
—by the (drystone. (grey.—huge, cleaneven-cut. fallen-ruined stone(s)) wall. … ).
…
Taika. (Waititi). … —chases the writer. (—slowmo… ). … —through the (—piles (strewn)) 'v leaves (brown-red. dry (dead).—abundant. … ).
… —rise. (kicked).-fly.—in… plumes (cloud).
(—'s a shot. (effect). (—rehearse-practice—set-up). …
—f'r the film.
… ).
…
—Assitant – Director. …
—insists on (concentrat) collecting rocks. (small.—grey. heavy).
('n' puts them—in (th' bottom 'v) the white, plastic (a shoppings) bag. …
… —carefully selects. (—f'r size. and weight). … ).
—To throw.—'T the monkeys. …
(—You can’t do that. …
(say.—me, and Taika. … ).
…
—No one is throwing rocks ‘t Monkeys on this set, and that is my final word.
(Taika).
… ).
…
—(a) monkey.
(by-side the film's set. (wall. and grass). … ).
… —grey (light) fur-hair, … —long, black face (-nose-snoot). …
…
—sees the (film's) crew.
( … —curious. … ).
… —wants food. (fed).
…
—more (monkeys). ('rrive).
…
—hundreds 'v them.
… —b'come(-b'coming)—‘ggressive.
(confrontat).
…
—(we)—try.—t’ retreat. … —back.—t'(wards) th' wall (set('s)-location).
…
—they circle (us). (—'round).
(me.—and Taika).
( … —one. … —jumps (over). ( … —blocks escape). … ).
…
—'ggressive bearing-'v-teeth. …
… —we should've thrown the rocks.
…
Mark Bolsover’s debut chapbook, IN FAILURE & IN RUINS—dreams & fragments, is published with Into the Void Press (2017). His first collection, contra FLUX.—moments caught (arrested) whilst in-from motion., is published with Polyversity Press (2019). His work has appeared in a number of international literary publications, including: Into the Void, 404 Ink, Grub Street, Projectionist’s Playground, Mycelia, Open Polyversity, and Poetry Bus.